If only one file is selected you will be prompted to enter a new name
for it. If more than one file is selected, you will be prompted for
a new file extension for these files.

If a folder is selected, the Rename Folder command from the
Folders menu will be triggered.

Copy

Copies all selected files to a different folder.

Move

Moves all selected files to a new folder. That means that they are
copied to a new folder and the files in the old folder are deleted.

If a folder is selected, the Move Folder command from the Folder
menu will be triggered.

Delete

Deletes all selected files by moving them to the trash can. You can
still recover these files by using the trash can.

If a folder is selected, the Kill Folder(s) command from the
Folder menu will be triggered.

Kill

Deletes all selected file without moving them to the trash can.
So they will be lost.

If a folder is selected, the Kill Folder(s) command from the
Folder menu will be triggered.

Properties

Shows the Properties dialog of a selected file or folder. Pressing
Alt + Return does the same.

Find (Pro Edition
only)

The Find command behaves differently in the three Views. In File
View and Plugin View the standard Windows Find dialog is displayed
for searching for certain files or expressions within files. In
FFL View a PiCo dialog is displayed for searching for certain filters.
For an description of the Windows Find dialog, please refer to a
Windows documentation.

The FFL View Find dialog has a Case Sensitive check box
that can be activated, if you like to do a case sensitive search.
You can enter one or two key words. If you want to enter two keywords,
you have to separate them with one of the following search operators:

& means Logical AND

! means Logical NOT

| (use Alt + Ctl+ <) means Logical
OR

Here are some search examples:

Gallery searches for the string "Gallery"
in the filter name, category, author and copyright fields.

Gallery N searches for all filters
with the category <Filter Factory Gallery N>

Gallery&Mario searches for filters
created by <Mario> and that have the category <Filter Factory
Gallery>

Gallery N&Mario searches for
filters created by <Mario> and with the category <Filter
Factory Gallery N>

Gallery!Werner Streidt searches
for all filters with the category <Filter Factory Gallery>,
but excludes those that are written by <Werner Streidt>

Mario|Andrew searches for all filter
that were created my Mario or Andrew

Unzip (Pro Edition only)

Unzips all selected zip files.

Unzip & Run (Pro
Edition only)

Unzips all selected zip files to a temporary folder and
displays a dialog for executing these files. This command
can be useful, if you want to look at the contents of a
zip file or want to run Setup.exe or Install.exe from within
a zip file without unzipping it at first.

You will be automatically prompted to delete the temporary
files after you used them and don't need them anymore.

Executes a selected Photoshop-compatible 8bf plugin in the
same way that it is done in image applications by selecting a filter plugin
from the menu. You can achieve the same effect by simply double clicking
a 8bf file. After pressing the OK button on the plugin's dialog, the effect
will be rendered and displayed in the Picture
Editor.

Plugin Commander should be able to execute most Photoshop-compatible filter
plugins, but there may be a few which are incompatible, because they are
badly coded or don't comply fully with the Photoshop Plugin SDK. In the
worst case such a plugin could crash Plugin Commander.

Plugin Information

Shows some information about the selected plugin file.

Plugin About Dialog

Shows the internal About dialog of the selected plugin.

Commands that generally apply to FFL View or FFL files

Create FFL (Pro Edition only)

Archives the selected Filter Factory plugins and source files into
a FFL file. This command works in all three views: File, Plugin and
FFL View (See Create FFL button).

Add to FFL (Pro Edition only)

Adds the selected Filter Factory plugins and source files
to a FFL file that is currently displayed in the FFL View of the opposite
pane. If both panes display a FFL File, you can use this command to copy
filters from one FFL file to the other.

Plugin List

Displays the Plugin List dialog for saving the filter names,
categories, file names, author and copyright of the selected plugins to
a text file. If the Copy to Clipboard check box is active, they
will be copied to the clipboard. Otherwise you can enter a file name for
the text file to be created. This command works in all three views: File,
Plugin and FFL View.

Thumbnail (Pro Edition only)

Using the Batch command to create thumbnails
of Filter Factory plugins is easier than using this command. However
if you want to produce thumbnails from the FFL View, you have to use
this menu item.

It creates thumbnail in BMP format of the selected Filter Factory plugins.
The size of these BMP images depends on the size of the Preview window.
So you can use the Preview icon to display
and resize the Preview window before using the Thumbnail command. This
command works in all three views: File,
Plugin and FFL
View.